Guard for shoe heels



GUARD FOR SHOE HEELS Filed July 7, 1942 EIE'i IE .5 zzyr af AyjsieZg Patented July 6, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GUARD FOR. SHOE HEELS Alfred H. Deeley, Hawthorne, N. Y.

Application July 7, 1942, Serial No. 450,028

1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in heel guards for shoes. The principal object in view is to provide an inexpensive, durable and practical device of this character adapted to be embodied in the heels of shoes, boots and the like to obviate wear on the bottom of the heel where it is usually run down and also serving as a protector for the rear side portion of such heels.

Other and subordinate objects are also comprehended by my invention, all of which, together with the precise nature of my improvements, will be readily understood when the succeeding description and claim are read with reference to the drawing accompanying and forming part of this specification.

In said drawing:

Figure l is a view in side elevation of a shoe with my improved guard embodied in the heel thereof,

Figure 2 is a view in top plan of the rubber heel lift,

Figure 3 is a view in section taken on the line 33 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a view in side elevation of the guard detached,

Figure 5 is a view in top plan of said guard, and

Figure 6 is a View in perspective of the guard.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, my improved guard I, in its preferred embodiment, has the form of a plate-like insert for the shoe heel longitudinally curved in ,-'conform.ity with the usual curvature of the rear side portion of the heel, and which may be formed of any suitable wear-resisting material harder than rubber, such as Bakelite or plastic. The guard I is formed with a plain, flat bottom face 3 provided by a bar-like base 4 substantially rectangular transversely, and an outside lip 5 extending from the outer upper edge of the base 4 with top edges 6 converging to a point and its outer face flush with the outer face of the base 4. Nail holes I are provided in the lip 5 as shown.

The base 4 is of substantially the height as the thickness of the standard rubber heel lifts of shoes and may be of any width desired.

In applying the described guard, the rubber heel lift 8 is recessed in the rear side edge thereof and the leather heel 9 is similarly recessed for the fitting of the guard in place with its outer face flush with the side of the heel and the guard is made fast to the heel by screws or brads l0 driven through the holes 1 into the leather part 9 of the heel. Preferably the lip 5 is of the same height as the thickness of the leather part of the heel 9.

As will be seen, when the described guard is applied, the bottom face 3 is flush with the bot-. tom face of the rubber heel lift 8 and provides a relatively harder wear resisting surface curving around the side edge of said lift to obviate Wear thereon, and said guard may be applied to any portion of the curved part of the heel where wear is most likely to occur. As will also be seen, the guard I protects the side face of the heel from wear.

My improved guard is particularly designed as an attachment for new shoes, or boots, by repairmen, but may also be provided as new shoe equipment and applied to old or worn shoes.

The foregoing will, it is believed, suffice to impart a clear understanding of my invention without further explanation.

Manifestly, the invention, as described, is susceptible to modification without departing from the inventive concept, and right is herein reserved to such modifications as fall within the V scope of the subjoined claim.

ALFRED H. DEELEY. 

